Air service and homeowner energy bills

Members vote on H.R. 4246, the Essential Air Service Reliability Act of 2025, and H.R. 4758, the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act.

Mon, Feb 23 · 4:00 PM – 5:21 PM ET · Capitol H-313Capitol, Room H-313Chair Virginia Foxx R-NC-5Ranking Jim McGovern D-MA-2

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2Bills on the agenda—Results not posted yet

Bill by bill

H.R. 4246 · SPONSOR JILL N. TOKUDA D-HI-2 (NOT ON COMMITTEE)

Require plans for service disruptions: Applications to provide compensated basic essential air service would have to include a plan for continuing service to the eligible place if a disruption unrelated to weather occurs
Set a deadline for applying the requirement: The Secretary of Transportation would have to ensure the new application requirement applies no later than 180 days after enactment
Update a related statutory reference: The bill would change a reference in federal law concerning applications for essential air service compensation to refer to section 41733 generally

What’s next: a committee markup. None is scheduled.

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